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Amanda Holden is asking viewers “not to judge” as “everybody should have a second chance” ahead of her new Netflix show that helps couples whose relationships have been wrecked by cheating. The Britain’s Got Talent judge will co-host Cheat: Unfinished Business alongside relationship guru Paul C. Brunson.
The premise of new Netflix show will see eight not-so-happy couples united in a villa in Majorca, Spain, to see if they can revive their romance. “It’s a relationship show. It’s not a dating show,” said Holden, 54, speaking to PA news agency.
“It’s about people who are invested in their relationships and are seeing whether they can hold on to them and make them work.” During the series, Brunson, 50, who has co-hosted Celebs Go Dating and Married at First Sight UK, counsels the couples and sets exercises to help them work through and overcome their problems. Holden said: “There are two sides, and we’re very quick to judge.
We’re a society now that wants to see the bad guy, wants to see the good guy. “I think it’s very important to listen and to see why people have done what they’ve done, and then for them to see the reaction of the person that they’ve betrayed.” She also says people should “try not to judge too quickly when you start watching the show, because there’s a long way to go”.
“Everybody should have a second chance,” Holden adds. Holden was previously married to comedian Les Dennis, but their marriage was rocked when she had a brief affair with Men Behaving Badly actor Neil Morrissey early in 2000. The couple later divorced and Holden has been married to record producer Chris Hughes for more than 16 years and they have two daughters.
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We’re going to have to start a whole new path if we’re going to make this work’. And it’s about trying to find that trust again and that safety. “Because, as Paul [Brunson] said, once one of you has betrayed the other, you are alone in that relationship and that’s a tough place to be.
” Cheat: Unfinished Business, is released globally on Netflix on April 30..
